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sec·ond-rate    Audio Help   [sek-uhnd-reyt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
2.inferior; mediocre: a second-rate performance.
[Origin: 1660–70]

—Related forms
second-rateness, noun
sec·ond·rat·er, noun

—Synonyms 2. middling, inadequate, undistinguished, pedestrian, commonplace.
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ˌsecond-ˈrate adjective
inferior
Example: The play was pretty second-rate.
Arabic: من الدَّرَجَةِ الثّانِيَه
Chinese (Simplified): 二等的
Chinese (Traditional): 二等的
Czech: druhořadý
Danish: andenrangs
Dutch: tweederangs
Estonian: keskpärane
Finnish: laaduton
French: médiocre
German: zweitrangig
Greek: κατώτερος, δεύτερης ποιότητας
Hungarian: másodrendű
Icelandic: annars flokks, lélegur
Indonesian: bermutu rendah
Italian: mediocre
Japanese: ２流の
Korean: 열등한
Latvian: otrās šķiras-; viduvējs
Lithuanian: antrarūšis, vidutiniškas
Norwegian: middelmådig, annenrangs
Polish: drugorzędny
Portuguese (Brazil): inferior
Portuguese (Portugal): inferior
Romanian: mediocru
Russian: второсортный
Slovak: druhoradý
Slovenian: drugorazreden
Spanish: de baja categoría
Swedish: andraklassig, medelmåttig
Turkish: ikinci sınıf, düşük nitelikli
See also: at second hand, come off second best, every second week, month, secondary, seconder, secondly, second-best, second-class, second-hand, second, second lieutenant, second sight, second thoughts, second to none, secondary colours, secondary school, "second rate" in any language

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